Leading Blog
JANUARY 3, 2022
In The Edge: How 10 CEOs Learned to Lead—and the Lessons for Us All , Michael Useem asks what gave ten CEOs the edge. Your task is now to acquire the skills you need in this new territory before your career or your enterprise falters as a result of your personal limitations. Think like a chief executive.
leaderCommunicator
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
I got a taste of that skepticism many years ago when I began my professional career as a high school English teacher. Any CEO or business leader faces that same situation. Since most employees don’t automatically trust their boss or CEO, they need to hear what he has to say in order to make a decision about whether he is trustworthy.
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Strategy Driven
AUGUST 7, 2015
Those users architected, for all intents and purposes, a coup de 'tat that resulted in Interim CEO Ellen Pao's departure. While addressing the sacred cow, the company failed miserably to articulate its strategy and gain support for its direction. Reddit is now in the hands of CEO and returning co-founder Steve Huffman.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 10, 2015
The best CEOs, like Steve Jobs and A.G. Consider the case of Blockbuster , whose CEO John Antioco had proven himself as both a manager and a leader. Starting his career as a trainee at 7-11, he worked his way quickly through the ranks, gaining a reputation for operational excellence. Every organization needs both.
Skip Prichard
JUNE 26, 2019
I had the opportunity to speak with Steve about some of his insights and tips to outsize your strategy, profits, and potential. Over the course of my career, I have seen the business world transform and certain powerhouses, think Amazon, Apple, and Uber, redefine the business model to capture incredible value. Steve Coughran.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
If you're among the many multinational CEOs planning to appoint a local executive as your next country head in an emerging market such as Brazil, China, or India, you may want to think again. That long stint earned him the trust of the global CEO, Bill Hickey, and his top management team. That's only part of the story, though.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2014
So why do we assume that our CEOs will? Like Federer, some CEOs consistently win in one context but lose in another. If you’re involved in CEO selection, this requires that you both hire the right CEO and understand when the company’s strategic situation suggests that a different CEO is more likely to win.
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